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ca⋅thar⋅tic
[kuh-thahr-tik] 
tɪk
–adjective
| 1. | of or pertaining to catharsis. |
| 2. | Also, ca⋅thar⋅ti⋅cal. evacuating the bowels; purgative. |
–noun
| 3. | a purgative. |
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| ca·thar·tic (kə-thär'tĭk) adj. Inducing catharsis; purgative. n. An agent for purging the bowels, especially a laxative. [Late Latin catharticus, from Greek kathartikos, from kathairein, to purge; see catharsis.] |
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Cathartic
Ca*thar"tic\, Catharical \Ca*thar"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to cleanse, fr. ? pure; akin to F. chaste.]1. (Med.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative. 2. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid.Cathartic
Ca*thar"tic\, n. [Gr. ?.] (Med.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. Note: The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated, and watery evacuations. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ness, n.
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Main Entry: 1ca·thar·tic
Pronunciation: k&-'thärt-ik
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or producing catharsis
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cathartic ca·thar·tic (kə-thär'tĭk)
adj.
Inducing catharsis; purgative. n.
An agent for purging the bowels, especially a laxative.
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